U.S. Asylum Rule Change, Gaza Aid Pier, Haiti Update

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🗓️ 10 May 2024

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The Biden administration has proposed a change to immigration laws meant to discourage people from crossing the border illegally. An American-built floating pier off the coast of Gaza is nearly ready — and U.S. officials say it will help increase the flow of aid into the war zone. And two months after armed gangs took control of the capital of Haiti the country may finally be starting to stabilize.

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0:00.0	President Biden's administration makes a case for a strategy to cut down on illegal border crossings.
0:08.0	I think it is working.
0:09.0	What does the proposed new rule reveal?
0:12.0	Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkus makes his case.
0:15.3	I'm Stephen Skeep with Leela Foddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.1	An American floating pier off the Gaza coast is almost ready to open, but some aid workers call it a bad joke in the face of a man-made humanitarian crisis.
0:31.0	You don't need any silly peers or silly air drops, you need the damn gates
0:36.6	open. A Kenyan-led security force is expected to arrive in Haiti soon, two months after
0:41.9	gangs took over the country's capital is
0:44.1	stability on the horizon. So stay with us we'll give you the news you need to start your
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